016_Mei_W

Container owner

nameNofret
titleprincess
sexfemale

Container properties

number
materialoriginally wood
present location
state of preservationimprint
periodOK
dynasty4 (Snofru)
typepalace facade
updated typologyrectangular (long, palace facade)
shaperectangular
lid?
length
width
height
inscription?
decorationyes
inner decorationno
descriptionnegative impression of the coffin in the burial chamber of Nofret; Alan Jenvey Rowe prepared a replica (211 × 134 × 113 cm); niched
notesHarpur (2001: 253) suggests a lid with inscriptions (titles and names of Nofret)

Container findspot

localityMeidum
site
location
tomb typemastaba
code of tomb
material of tombmud bricks
datingOK
tomb ownerRahotep and Nofret
social positionroyal family
titleprince, wr mA.w Jwnw
shaft
burial apartmentburial chamber
body inside
archaeological contextsecondary
remarks on archaeological context

Bibliography
Harpur, Yvonne
2001 The tombs of Nefermaat and Rahotep at Maidum. Discovery, Destruction and Reconstruction, Prestbury (Cheltenham): Oxford Expedition to Egypt [Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom 1], pp. 253, 261, 262.